South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-10-14
The INTELLIGENCER
FRIDAY. OCTOBER IA, 1887.
Topical Points.

RoBERT GARRETT still hss a grea
deal TO do with tue management o
tie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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GRAND Master Workman Powder.
~ comes out squarely agains: an
archy and socialism in his report t
the General Assembly OF thu knight,
of LHbor. 10 session ct Minnt apolis
Mimi, Saturday.
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The Chicago News Of Wedue sday
printed three pages OF opinions. OBJ
tanned by letter. in regard to Presi-
dent Cleveland's ADMINISTRATION. o,
twenty.nine arcLbishops. bishops doc
tors OF divinity and preachers who
respond from the country at large
live OF whom say thsy are republic.
cans, but one speaks Of the admins
,ration with pronounced disfavor. ala
'hough one other confssses himse!
IN doubt. Twenty mine bankers sew
en- of whom arc republicans, approve
the Presidents silver policy, though
the republicans criiicise his admins
tration on other grounds.
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JUSTICE MILLER, of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, is a re-
publican in politics, but he is not a
blind partisan. Tie was one Of the
speakers at the Grand Army banquet
IN st. Louis, and responded to the
toast ITO the President OF the United
States" In doing so Jus ice Miller
sal he did not approve of Mr.. Cleve.
ianfs election. and expected 10 cas-,
his mex presidential vote for IA repub.
lican but added: II have the cur
age, and [ sly in the pres .nce of this
meeting OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic, that G rover Cleveland il an
hpnest man, a pure man, TO whose
skirts no corruption belongs, and WHO
intends 10 do right according TO the
best liz his that God has giyeu him."
Justice hliiler closed by urging tie
Grand Army men 20 "sive President
Cleveland credit for hon, sly Of pur-
pose and good intentions" in any pc.
oition ho might assume, AID to re-
u mbor that she occupies the place
with bon or which Washington he'd,
which J.nerson held, which Grant
has held, wh'ci Lincoln has held"
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JAY GOULD says lie Las bought the
Baltimore aud Ohio telegraph Tor
IS .0O0,00 Of Wes,e II Union stock.
There is a statement from another
source to the effect that the transac
ton Is lease for fifty years OF all the
Bait more ami Ohio's lines, the con-
sideration being n yearly payment OF
100000 and S5,000.0O0 of Western
Union stock equivalent at presept
prices 20 about S3.S5O.000. This was
hot. perhaps, bad bargain FIR The
Baltimore aid OHIO 10 make, but the
country will regret that tie exigencles
of The Company have led to an exten.
stone Of a IN 'noro'y which WAS already
too powerful.
By this absorption Western Union
adds 10 its $4,000 miles Of line near.
ly 5000 more, aHd leaves only about
90. goo miles OF line in tho whole
county not under it's control.
What the offsc. Of this lnny be on
| rates. Is matter 10 which Tie bust
ness community is interested. This
events will untold, and prob bly, be-
fore very lons. One object in remov-
ing competition is to remove the ne.
cessity for rates at competing points
Which are said to be destructive.
With regard to rates between points
not competitive. there can hardly be
change for tue worse for those
rates are already excessive.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company will be benefited by the
sale of its telegraph line, which la:
not been profitable and which was
among the chief causes Of its enbar.
rassment. This element Of weakness.
out of The way. tue express business
handed over to the Unite sta es fol
a good price, tue only remaining drag
is the sleeping car business, VIII ,ch 1,
believed TO be billed through to Pull.
man and likely soon TO arrive at its
destination.
1t is thought that nearly all the tel.
egrnph operators in The employ Of the
Is. & o. will be tbrosn out of employ.
ment by this deal, as tie Western
Uuion will only need abau. ten per
cent Of them.
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HE following bright aud interest.
ing editorial nPpe ars in the Pits
bureh Commercial Gazette:
West Virginia Is a small. sparselv